Diet Diversification and Priming with Kunu: An Indigenous Probiotic Cereal-Based Non-Alcoholic Beverage in Nigeria

Kunu is a fermented non-alcoholic beverage consumed all over Nigeria. The drink served as an alternative to alcohol due its perceived extreme nourishing and therapeutic properties. Varieties of this are determined mostly by the type grain, supplements, sensory additives used, process employed during production. Dietary quality paramount in nutritional well-being key factor human overall health development. grains utilised for production makes more appealing large growing population when compared some other drinks. Some use infant weaning drink, thus serving priming infants rich probiotic However, beverage’s short shelf-life has limited scale. This review therefore elaborates succinctly on diverse properties effect fermentation microbial dynamics production, well prospect diet diversification infants.